Louse green



L. GREEN.

Plow.

Patented Nov. 15, 1864.

Wild-5666 UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

LOURE GREEN, OF GREAT BEND, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification forming part of Letters Pat To all whom it may concern: u

Be it known that I, LOURE GREEN, ofGreat Bend, in the county ofSusquehanna, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Flows; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to bea full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference beinghad tothe accompanyingdrawings, maki g a part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a view ofthe bottom of theplow, showing the center wheelattached; Fig. 2, the mold-board, (in part,) showing the guide for oneend of the brace-rod; and Fig. 3, the brace-rod with the Wheel detached.

The object of this invention is to provide a center wheel in the bottomof the plow, by means of which the friction of the bottom of thelandside may be reduced, the pitch of the plow regulated, and thegeneral management of the plow while in operation greatly facili tated.

The wheel or roller W, with a wide flange, is placed on the brace-rod Bmidway between the landside and mold-board, and is held in place by theshoulder r on one side and'the washer h on the other side. The shoulderris placed opposite the landside because the greatest pressure comesfrom that direction. The brace-rod B is provided with lipsp p, in whichare slots 8 8. These lips fit into the guidesf f, cast upon the laudsideand mold-board. The brace-rod,while strengtheningthelandsigle and entNo. 45,036, dated November 15, 1864.

mold-board, acts as the axle of the wheel W, which turns upon it freely.The wheel is raised or lowered and secured at any point by the bolts 1)b passing through the laudside or moldboard and either lip pp. hen usedupon the friction-roller landside-plow a great amount of friction isovercome, the rollers on the side next the land removing nearly all thelateral friction and the wheel W taking it nearly all from the bottom ofthe landside. It may, however, be used upon allordinary plows. Itprevents in a great measure any tendency of the plow to a side movementand keeps it in a perfect line of draft.

The wheel W, by acting as a fulcrum, gages the depth of plowing orregulates the pitch of the plow, so that by raising or lowering thewheel the plow may be made to run deeper or shallower.

By a slight pressure upon the handles the plow may be made to passreadily over obstacles in the bottom of the furrow.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

The combination of the cen ter wheel or roller, V, with the adjustablebrace-rodB,constructed and operating substantially as set forth.

LOURE GREEN.

\Vitnesses:

F. D. ESTABROOK, J. O. GREEN.

